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Standard Model
All matter around us is made of elementary particles, the building blocks of matter. These particles occur in two basic types called quarks and leptons. Each group consists of six particles, which are related in pairs, or “generations”. The lightest and m (Image: CERN)
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Member States of CERN
Map of CERN's Member states (Image: CERN)
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Distribution of All CERN Users by Location of Institute on 24 January 2018
Distribution of All CERN Users by Location of Institute on 24 January 2018 (Image: CERN)
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Distribution of all CERN Users by Nationality on 24 January 2018
Distribution of all CERN Users by Nationality on 24 January 2018 (Image: CERN)
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Distribution of all CERN Users by Location of Institutes on 5 July 2017
Distribution of all CERN Users by Location of Institutes on 5 July 2017 (Image: CERN)
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Distribution of all CERN Users by Nationality on 5 July 2017
Distribution of all CERN Users by Nationality on 5 July 2017 (Image: CERN)
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Representation of a doubly heavy-quark baryon
LHCb experiment observed a new particle with two heavy quarks: Ξcc++ (Image: CERN)
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Representation of a doubly heavy-quark baryon
LHCb experiment observed a new particle with two heavy quarks: Ξcc++ (Image: CERN)
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Enhanced production of multi-strange hadrons in high-multiplicity proton-proton collisions in ALICE experiment
As the number of proton collisions (the blue lines) increase, the more of these so-called strange hadrons are seen (as shown by the red squares in the graph). (Image: CERN)
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Enhanced production of multi-strange hadrons in high-multiplicity proton-proton collisions in ALICE experiment
As the number of proton collisions (the blue lines) increase, the more of these so-called strange hadrons are seen (as shown by the red squares in the graph). (Image: CERN)
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Magnetic monopoles and dipoles
Conventional bar magnets are also called ‘magnetic dipoles’ because they have two magnetic poles. In theory, “magnetic monopoles” could exist that act like an isolated “magnetic charge”, i.e. either a “North” or a “South” magnetic pole. (Image: CERN)
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Magnetic monopoles and dipoles
Conventional bar magnets are also called ‘magnetic dipoles’ because they have two magnetic poles. In theory, “magnetic monopoles” could exist that act like an isolated “magnetic charge”, i.e. either a “North” or a “South” magnetic pole. (Image: CERN)
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Reduced coupling strength scale factors measured from combined ATLAS and CMS
Reduced coupling strength scale factors measured from combined ATLAS and CMS data for weak bosons and fermions plotted as a function of their mass. A significant deviation would be a potential indicator of New Physics. (Image: CERN)
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LHCb experiment reports observation of exotic pentaquark particles
Illustration of the possible layout of the quarks in a pentaquark particle such as those discovered at LHCb. (Image: CERN)
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LHCb experiment reports observation of exotic pentaquark particles
Illustration of the possible layout of the quarks in a pentaquark particle such as those discovered at LHCb. (Image: CERN)
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Experimental limits from ATLAS on Standard Model Higgs production.
Experimental limits from ATLAS on Standard Model Higgs production in the mass range 110-600 GeV. The solid curve reflects the observed experimental limits for the production of a Higgs of each possible mass value (horizontal axis).The dashed curve shows t (Image: CERN)
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Plot showing ATLAS limits on Standard Model Higgs production in the mass range 110-150 GeV
The combined upper limit on the Standard Model Higgs boson production cross section divided by the Standard Model expectation as a function of mH is indicated by the solid line. (Image: CERN)
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CLOUD
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Overall view of the TOTEM experiment
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Computer generated image of the ATLAS inner detector
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Computer generated image of the ATLAS inner detector
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Schematic drawing of CLIC
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The COMPASS experiment
Artistic view of the 60 m long Common Muon and Proton Apparatus for Structure and Spectroscopy (COMPASS) experiment. COMPASS is used to study the internal structure of hadrons (composite particles interacting via the strong force) by looking at a property (Image: CERN)
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ALICE A Large Ion Collider Experiment at CERN LHC : global layout
from left to right: Pierluigi Bellutti (ITC); Andrea Zanotti President of ITC; Luciano Bosisio (Trieste University); Mario Zen,Director of ITC ; Maurizio Boscardin (ITC); Jean-Robert Lutz, ITS-SSD Project leader (IPHC Strasbourg). (Image: CERN)
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A computer-generated image of the LHCb detector
Unlike most of the detectors on the LHC, which use barrel detectors, the LHCb detector will use walls of sub-detectors to study the particles produced in the 14 TeV proton-proton collisions. LHCb will investigate Naure's preference for matter over antimat (Image: CERN)
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Layout of the ALICE detector
The ALICE experiment will study the collisions of beams of lead nuclei in an attempt to produce a new state of matter known as 'quark-gluon plasma'. The barrel of the detector will be housed in the solenoid that once contained the L3 experiment. Outside o (Image: CERN)
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Layout of the ALICE detector
This computer-simulated view of the ALICE detector shows the framework that will be used to hold the detector in place. Located within the huge solenoid used for the previous L3 experiment at LEP, the new LHC experiment will observe the collisions of lead (Image: CERN)
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ALICE detector layout
This computer-simulation of the ALICE detector layout shows the collision point inside the tracking systems and barrel detector. The ALICE experiment at the LHC at CERN will sit inside the huge solenoid that once housed the L3 experiment until the LEP acc (Image: CERN)
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Virtual reality image of ATLAS with cavern walls visible
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Diagram of the CNGS neutrino beam
Protons accelerated in the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) at CERN collide with a graphite target producing mainly pions and kaons, which will decay in the decay tube, producing muon neutrinos. (Image: CERN)
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Diagram of CNGS neutrinos travelling through the Earth
Neutrinos produced by decays of the products of collisions between protons accelerated at the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) and a graphite fixed target at CERN pass through the Earth to a huge detector at Gran Sasso in Italy. (Image: CERN)
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Diagram of CNGS production complex
Protons accelerated in the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) at CERN collide with a graphite target producing mainly pions and kaons, particles with short lifetimes, which decay in the decay tube, producing muon neutrinos. (Image: CERN)
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Diagram of an LHC dipole magnet
Diagram showing the cross-section of an LHC dipole magnet with cold mass and vacuum chamber. (Image: CERN)
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High energy cosmic rays striking atoms at the top of the atmosphere give the rise to showers of particles striking the Earth's surface
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Computer-generated diagram of an LHC dipole
This computer-generated image of an LHC dipole magnet shows some of the parts vital for the operation of these components. The magnets must be cooled to 1.9 K so that the superconducting coils can produce the required 8 T magnetic field strength. (Image: CERN)
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Comparative description of the electrons accelerating in a TV set and in the LEP
Version in French : CERN-DI-9808008 (Image: CERN)
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The forces in Nature
The different forces, together with a pictorial analogy of how the exchange of particles works. The table lists the relative strength of the couplings, the quanta associated with the force fields and the bodies of phenomena. (Image: CERN)
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Layout of LHCb
This diagram shows the layout for the LHCb detector. The main purpose of this detector is to look for rare decays of a heavy quark, a version of the down quark that is found in protons and neutrons. (Image: CERN)
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Layout of CMS
Cutaway view showing the outer four layers for detecting muons, the central calorimeters and the inner tracking system. These sub-detectors will work together on this general-purpose detector to investigate a wide range of physical phenomena. (Image: CERN)
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Layout of ATLAS
This huge detector will be the largest of its type in the world. Proton beams will collide at 14 TeV within the detector in order to produce exotic particles in an attempt to find new physics and other particles predicted by theory. (Image: CERN)
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Computer graphic of LHC in the tunnel
A computer-generated image of the LHC particle accelerator at CERN in the tunnel originally built for the LEP accelerator that was closed in 2000. The cross-section of an LHC superconducting dipole magnet is also seen. (Image: CERN)
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Computer graphic of LHC in the tunnel
A computer-generated image of the LHC particle accelerator at CERN in the tunnel originally built for the LEP accelerator that was closed in 2000. The cross-section of an LHC superconducting dipole magnet is also seen. (Image: CERN)
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Standard Model: constituents of matter
Scheme explaining constituents of matter. (Image: CERN)
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From a grain of salt to quarks
From a grain of salt to quarks. Inside a grain of salt. (Image: CERN)
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History of the Universe
This picture shows the different stages of development of the Universe from the Big Bang to the present day. (Image: CERN)
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Precision measurement of the Z0 line shape
Precision measurement of the Z0 line shape proving that matter is made of three families of quarks and leptons (Image: CERN)
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All matter around us is made of elementary particles, the building blocks of matter. These particles occur in two basic types called quarks and leptons. Each group consists of six particles, which are related in pairs, or “generations”. The lightest and m

2015-03-19

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